Batman: The Killing Joke is a DC Comics one-shot by Alan Moore and Brian Bolland known for its retelling of the Joker's origin, analysis of his psychology, and his shooting and paralysis of Barbara Gordon.
Batman suits up for the first time since Batman Returns in order to take down the combined threats of Riddler and Two Face. Along the way he meets Dick Grayson, who will later become Robin… As well as a young quiet psychiatrist named Harleen Quinzel.
